Year Recipient(s)
2024 Eirca Van Vugt, Métis Nation of Alberta (University of Calgary)
2023

Robbyn McKellop, Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Wichita State University)

Bailey Pelletier, Cree from Cowessess First Nation (University of Saskatchewan)

Jami Ecklund, Cherokee Nation (Wichita State University)

Abigail Ried, Cherokee Nation (Kansas State University)
2022

Colby Dean, Seneca-Cayuga (University of Oklahoma)

Abigail Gallardo, Tunica-Biloxi (UCLA)

Robbyn McKellop, Muskogee (Wichita State University)

Chance Ward, Cheyenne River Sioux (University of Colorado)

Makayla Williams, Cherokee (Augustana University)
2021 Joni Tobacco, Oglala Sioux (Salish Kootenai College)
2020 Maura Fournier, Métis (University of Winnipeg)
2019 Carlton Gover, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma (Universioty of Colorado-Bulder)
2018 Justin Lund, Navajo Nation (University of Oklahoma)
2017

Morgan Fluker, Kaw Nation of Oklahoma (Kansas State University)

Martin Lopez, Apsaalooke (Crow) of Montana (University of Montana)
2016

Melanie McKay-Cody, Chichamauga Cherokee (University of Oklahoma)

Tyrone Peterson, Navajo Nation and Pascua Yagui Tribe (University of Iowa)
2015 John Reynolds, Rosebud Sioux Tribe (St. Cloud State University)
2014 Justin Lund, Navajo Nation (University of Oklahoma)
2013 Melanie McKay-Cody, Chichamauga Cherokee (University of Kansas)
2012 Royce Freeman, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nations (University of Oklahoma)
2011 Michael B. Catches Enemy, Ogala Nation (St. Cloud State University)
2010 Donna Longhorn, Shawnee/Delaware (University of Oklahoma)
2009 Brad Kroupa, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations of North Dakota (University of Indiana)
2008 Wilena Old Person, Yakama/Blackfeet (University of Montana)
2007 Brenda Covington, Colville/Spokane (University of Montana)
2006 Jason Hale, Prairie Band Potawatomi (Washburn)
2005 La Rae Buckskin, Shoshone - Bannock (University of Idaho)
2004

Gloria McCarty, Muscogee Creek (University of Oklahoma)

John T. Haj, Delaware (University of Tulsa)
2003 No award given
2002 Julie Bartlett, Oglala Lakota (University of Winnipeg)
2001

Laura Cocker, Manitoba Métis Federation (University of Winnipeg)

Jana Vee Cornelius-Baird, Seminole/Creek (University of Oklahoma)
2000

Claudette Rocan, Métis (University of Winnipeg)

Martin Earring, Minneconju-Oglala, Cheyenne RIver Sioux Tribe (University of South Dakota)
1999 Rebecca Amen, Omaha Tribe (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
1998

Paulette F. Steeves, Cree/Cherokee/Micmac (University of Arkansas)

Jacquelin St.Clair, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (University of Wyoming)
1997

Florence Whitehorse-Taylor, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma (University of Oklahoma)

Alix Reynolds, Manitoba Métis Federation (University of Winnipeg)

Shanna Olinger, Yankton Sioux Tribe (Montana State University)
1996 Evelyn Siegfried, Big Cree Band (University of Calgary)
1995 Michelle Fox, Red Lake Chippewa (University of North Dakota)
1994 Dawn Makes Strong Move, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (University of South Dakota)